RAIN HOU
composer, pianist, poet.
Backlit,
the theater has no right angles.
hands to
harvest
metals
a children’s play
song
raptured
in April
veins struck
the white keys
into
thunder
a minor scale for Helene
bowhair
whips green into her arms
two bodies
of ripeness
twigs of willow
fondle
sparse
["Soirée" by Rain Hou, 2025]